Portable hammock-stand.



No. 648,355. Patented Apr. 24, I900. G. W. DODLITTLE.

PORTABLE HAmuocK STAND.

(Application filed Aug. 12, 1899.)

(No Nodal.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DOOLITTLE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO BYRD GARRIGUES, OF SAME PLACE.

- PORTABLE HAMMOCK-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,355, dated April 24, 1900.

Application filed August 12, 1899. Serial No. 727,068- (No model.)

To all whom) it may concern! 1 such stands or supports which are portable and adapted to be folded or collapsed, so as to occupy but a very small space, thereby economizing in storageroom and freight or.

express charges.

The object of the invention is to'provide a portable stand orsu p port for hammocks composed oiL-a minimum number of cheap, strong, light, and durable parts-adapted to be erected or dismantled and. folded in a very short space of time and with a minimum of labor.

With this object in View my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangeof the uprights and its extension-piece.

3 is a detail view illustrating one of the sus-:

' pending ring-hooks detached. Fig. i is a top plan View of the stretcher ortop rod detached. Fig. 5 is a detail view, in side elevation, of the lower part of one of the uprights and its end brace in supporting position, showing also the connecting-hook raised and folded against the brace. Fig. 6 is a detail View, on an enlarged scale, of one of the securing-clamps, one side being cut away. v Fig. 7 is a detail View of a modified form of upright, partly in section and broken away.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they appear in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates an upright, of which two are provided, one at each end ofthe stand, each being adjustable in length to increase its height and adj ustit to uneven floors orsurfa-ces by means of an extension B, slidably secured to its lower end by means of a bolt 0 and thumb nut G, the bolt being passed through a hole in the upright and a longitudinal slot B in the extension B. To prevent it slipping on the floor, the extension is provided rubber pad or foot B V D indicates an end bracehinged at D to the upright A, so as to permit of its oscillation away from the upright in a vertical longitudinal plane. This movement of the brace D is limited by a linked or flexible connection E, connecting it with the lower portion of upright A, as in Fig; 1, or a hook F, stamped out of sheet metal, pivotally connected on the side of the brace D by a pin F and engaging a similar pin F in the upright A. The brace D is'provided with a rubber pad or foot D to hold it against slipping on the floor.

G and H indicate opposite side braces hinged at their upper ends to the sides of up: right A and connected thereto, near their lower ends, by linked or flexible connections with a G and H, similar to connections E before de- K is out of center, (cam-like,) so that when the lever is turned one way the poles are perfectly free to slide without resistance, and when the lever is turned in the opposite direction the poles are bound together and locked.

By means of the construction described,the upright, its extension, the end brace, and the side brace being duplicated at each end and similarly lettered, a rigid frame is provided, which can be adjusted in length as described and which may be collapsed and folded into a very small space when not in use.

To support the hammock, asshown at M I provide ring-hooks N N, preferably pearshaped, terminating in hooks at'the wide end,

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as shownin Fig. '3, and thickened at the narrow ends for-wearing, which are slipped overv the ends of the uprights A prior to placing the stretching-rod upon them and rested upon hooks O'in' the outsideof the uprights near The rings P at the ends of thehammock areengaged in the hooks on ringhooks N, whereby-the hammock is suspended I in a manner to obviate all tendencyito' twist or turn thejupri-ghtsin swinging the hammock, as would be the case if; the hammock were swung upon hooks rigidly securedfin the The (and trace performs two ,iinp ort a nt' port 'With the ,other; legs, and, seco'nd, -'its' oblique position ,vvhen" conn'ectedi 'by faastilffi rodyor hook to. the lower end-of} upright Ai gives i-tlanincreased power from"the Wei ghtj apparent from the: foregoing,"an1dvvhile I have specifically described the construction.

of the vvarious parts it is. obvious that slight changes might be made in-.these',.constri1 c tions by the, ordinary mechani'cwith'out. de;

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,ends, andlh 0 k Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1. In a portable hammock-stand, the combination With-two adjustable supporting-uprights, eachcomprising anupper and lower sliding member an adjustable rod connecting said uprights, end and side; braces hinged near the top of the adj ustablesupporting-uprights at their upper ends, and hooks pivoted to the end andside braces near; their lower ends,and detachably connecting said braces ,to the top slidingmem-ber of the adjustable supporting-upright atits lower end,substantially as described. l 2. .'In aportable hammock-stand the combination with adjustable supporting-uprights, each comprising-an upper and lower sliding 'In'embe'r. an'adjustablerod connecting saiduprights} atl'the -uppe -enGSQ end and side braces hinged ,to said: uprigh ts at their-upper v pivoted to the-end and side braces nearthei-r lower ends-,.a'n'd detachably conn ectingsaid braces to the top slidingmem- .ber of the adjustable'supportingeupright at r fits lower end,sai d(uprightbeing" provided nearits'upper jend with"meansifor'suspending the hammock,substantially as described.

in'presenceiof tivo witnesses; I i

- esonen W: DOOLITTLE. :WitneS'ses-z L In testimony-I-Whereof; I affix my signature. 

